Introduction:

This is a Kindergarten Lesson in the subject area of Language Arts that deals with instructing the students on how to write complete sentences. As a class, we will be reading Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat, and then writing sentences about the different things that the Cat in the Hat does in the book. In this lesson, the students will be using different kinds of technology to learn about how to write complete sentences, and to actually write them.

1. Standards

• W.K.2. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic
• W.K.5. With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing s needed
• W.K.8. With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question

2. Objectives

• The students will learn ow to write complete sentences using the verbs is, can, and has.
• The students will write complete sentences using the verbs is, can, and has.
• The students will work together to write sentences about The Cat in the Hat.

3. Overview

• To begin this lesson, I will call the students to the rug and introduce the book The Cat in the Hat. Then, using a big book, I will read The Cat in the Hat aloud to the class. After I read the book, I will have a discussion with the class about what the book was about. I will also ask the class different questions about what the Cat was, did, and had.
• Then I will have the students sit at their desks. On the SMART Board, I will draw two lines to make three columns and write the words "is", "can", and "has"; one word in each column. Below is a picture of what the SMART Board will look like.
• I will then ask the students to list different things about the Cat based on the verbs. For example for "is", a student could say "silly", for "can", a student could say "play", and for "has", a student could say "fun". I will then write down some of the examples that the students give on the SMART Board under their respective categories.
• Then, I will explain to the students that we will be writing sentences based on the examples they have given about what the Cat is, can do, and has. To define what a sentence is, I will play a video on YouTube that explains two important parts of a sentence. Below is the YouTube video.

• Then, I will give the students a worksheet that I have created on Microsoft Word that looks just like what was on the SMART Board. As a class, we will work together to fill in a few things about the Cat in each category, however, I want each of the students to think of their own words for each category. Below is the worksheet.

• After the students have written a few things about the Cat in each category, I will give the student a worksheet that has a blank portion on the top and three lines for writing on the bottom. Then, I will tell my students to pick one word from each category and circle it with a red crayon. Then I will tell them they are going to write a sentence using the word that they have circled.I will model what they are going to do on the SMART Board. On the SMART Board I will write "The Cat in the Hat is" and then write the word that I have circled and place a period at the end. My sentence will read "The Cat in the Hat is silly." Below is an example of what the SMART Board will look like, and the worksheet.

• Then, the students will draw a picture of one of the sentences they have about in the top portion of the worksheet.
• To close the lesson, the students will watch a PowToon animation that I have created to review what they have learned about writing sentences. Below is the PowToon clip.